July 16, 2015 5:13 am· Comments Off on RDC-12 seeks more funds for tourism road projects

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, July 15 — The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region 12 has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to allocate funds for the development of more road networks connecting various tourist destinations in the region.

MANILA, July 14 (PNA) — Aside from advising diabetes patients to engage in positive lifestyle-related changes, health experts say it is equally important to ensure that the medicines they are taking are safe or will not cause them further risk or complicate their conditions as they seek available treatment options.

July 16, 2015 5:12 am· Comments Off on S. Korea: No MERS infection for 10 days, no death for 4 days

SEOUL, July 15 — South Korea reported no new case of infection with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for 10 straight days Wednesday, indicating the end of the MERS crisis nearing, the health ministry said.

MOSCOW, July 15 — The creation of artificial human hearts has never been closer to reality, after researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, together with their colleagues at the Gladstone Institutes, invented a system similar to that which keeps our blood flowing, which can make pregnancies much safer in future.

MANILA, July 15 — A year after the government passed the Graphic Health Warnings Law, health advocates are mulling on proposing that ingredients used in tobacco products be regulated to control their cancer-causing effects and reduce their appeal to smokers.

July 16, 2015 5:12 am· Comments Off on New HIV infections down by 20% in India — UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 15 — India has been able to achieve a more than 20 percent decline in new HIV infections between 2000 and 2014, reversing the spread of the virus, according to a UN report that says the world is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, July 15 — Health authorities in the municipality of Brookes Point in southern Palawan are rallying to help 54 Palawan indigenous peoples (IPs), who are suffering from intestinal parasitism.